Has anyone else ever had this happen? Is this just a joke made for clicks and likes? I saw this many years ago (and likely this exact one as it’s from 2019) and I thought this isn’t a thing. My thought now, this isn’t a thing.
Browsers are configured to pass off tel: links by a designated handler. In Safari on Mac, the default handler is Facetime, or at least was, for a while.
On a mobile phone most browsers just open the phone/dialer app to handle tel: links. In Chrome, back when I had Google Voice, I had it configured to do Google Voice calls (including for a time, Google Hangouts as the interface for my Google Voice account).
You can generate a FT link but it must remain active and I doubt they have a number or email with a 16h active session running, pretty much daily. And advertise it on the net of all places where anyone can abuse it.
Has anyone else ever had this happen? Is this just a joke made for clicks and likes? I saw this many years ago (and likely this exact one as it’s from 2019) and I thought this isn’t a thing. My thought now, this isn’t a thing.
Browsers are configured to pass off
tel:links by a designated handler. In Safari on Mac, the default handler is Facetime, or at least was, for a while.On a mobile phone most browsers just open the phone/dialer app to handle
tel:links. In Chrome, back when I had Google Voice, I had it configured to do Google Voice calls (including for a time, Google Hangouts as the interface for my Google Voice account).It’s a meme.
https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/facetime/fctm2cd42547/mac
You can generate a FT link but it must remain active and I doubt they have a number or email with a 16h active session running, pretty much daily. And advertise it on the net of all places where anyone can abuse it.